Adverb Rules

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Definition of Adverb

• Adverbs are words that modify the following
• a verb (He drove slowly. How did he drive?)
• an adjective (He drove a very fast car. How
  fast was his car?)
• another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the
  aisle. How slowly did she move?)

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Types of Simple Adverbs

• There are six types of simple adverbs
• Manner
• Place
• Time
• Degree
• Negation
• Affirmation

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Adverbs of Manner

• Adverbs of Manner
• (answer the question how)
• (often end in ly)(usually modify the verb)
• (are the most common type of adverb.)
• Examples
• She moved slowly and spoke quietly.

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Adverbs of Place

• Adverbs of Place
• (answer the question where)
• (These often look like prepositions without an
  object.)
• Examples
• Look below to see the flowers.She still lives
  there now

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Adverbs of Time

• Adverbs of Time
• (answer the question when or how often)
• Examples
• It's starting to get dark now.   She finished
  her tea first.   She left early.
• She often goes by herself.

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Adverbs of Degree

• Adverbs of Degree
• (answer questions how much or how little of )
  
• (These often are the adverbs that modify other
  modifiers (adj. or adv.)
• Examples
• She sleeps very quietly
• We swim quite often.

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Adverbs of Negation

• Adverbs of Negation
• (make a verb negative)
• (no, never, not, nt are the most common.)
• Examples
• We never go to the theme parks.
• We did not study for the test.

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Adverbs of Affirmation

• Adverbs of Affirmation
• (make a verb more strongly positive. )
• Examples
• Yes, we love that game.
• You certainly did well on that test.
• Sarah obviously knew the answer to
• the question.
• You did well indeed.

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Interrogative Adverbs

• Interrogative Adverbs
• (ask a question.)
• why, where, how, when
• Examples
• Why did you come to class early?
• When are you arriving?
• Where is the party tonight?

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Relative Adverbs

• Relative Adverbs
• (The first word in an adjective clause)
• where, when, why
• Examples
• This is the place where we met.
• He did not tell me why he was absent.
• This is the time when I like to sleep.

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The Degree of Adverbs

• With LY adverbs we usually form the comparative
  and superlative forms with more and most or less
  or least.
• Never drop ly from an adverb when changing its
  degree.

Adverb Comparative Adverb Superlative Adverb
quietly more quietly most quietly
carefully less carefully least carefully
happily more happily most happily
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The Degree of Adverbs

• For some other adverbs, we add -er to form the
  comparative and -est to form the superlative.

Adverb Comparative Adverb Superlative Adverb
hard harder hardest
fast faster fastest
early earlier earliest
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The Degree of Adverbs

• Some adverbs are irregular adverbs, and they
  change in form.

Adverb Adverb Comparative Adverb Superlative Adverb
well better better best
badly worse worse worst
far farther/further farther/further farthest/furthest
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Tricky Adverbs

• FARTHER denotes physical advancement
• in measurable distance.
  
• (We walked farther into the dessert.)
• FURTHER denotes advancement to
• greater degree, as in time.
  (I will
  look further into my research)

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Tricky Adverbs Cont.

• BAD Adjective (often an adjective
• subject
  compliment)
• Susan felt bad after the argument.
  That is a bad apple.
• BADLY Adverb
• I performed badly in the play.

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Tricky Adverbs Cont.

• GOOD adjective
• That is a good movie.
• WELL adverb
• Susan acted well in the movie.

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Avoiding Double Negatives

• Stay away from using double negatives
• INCORRECT Susan is not never in the class.
• CORRECT Susan is not ever in the class.
• INCORRECT We didnt ask no one to the dance.
• CORRECT We didnt ask anyone to the dance.
• INCORRECT The class did not get nothing in its
  mailbox.
• CORRECT The class did not get anything in its
  mailbox.

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Adjective vs. Adverbs

• Adjectives are used to modify nouns
• The dog is loud. (SC behind linking
  verb)
• Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives or
  other adverbs
• The dog barks loudly.
• Adjective -gt careful / Adverb -gt carefully
• Adjective -gt quick / Adverb -gt quickly